Humber Park & Rollin Humber

Everyone in Idyllwild is familiar with Humber Park, but did you know the story behind it? Rollin R. Humber was born in Montana in 1886. He made his way to Los Angeles in the 1920’s and became a real estate broker. He worked for 2 men named Strong & Dickinson (Sound familiar?) They sent him to Idyllwild in 1939 to manage their “Idyllwild Mountain Park Company” which had purchased 2,600 acres in Fern Valley to sell as homes and vacation cabins. He had lost his wife while living in L.A. and met and married again in Idyllwild, the secretary of the Fern Valley Water District. Rollin Humber moved to Idyllwild and became very involved in the community.

He was the president of Fern Valley Water for many years, active with the Chamber of Commerce, and the Isaac Walton League along with Ernie Maxwell. He was one of the founding members of the Community Church and spent the remainder of his life in Idyllwild. He is known as the “Father of Fern Valley”. Upon his death in 1955, his company, the Idyllwild Mountain Park Company, donated land to the County of Riverside at the top of Fern Valley where the trailhead for Devil’s Slide trail begins, in honor of Rollin Humber specifically for a parking area. In 1990, the County traded the land to the U.S. Forest Service in exchange for Hurkey Creek Park, and the Forest Service has owned and managed Humber Park ever since.

Thursday March 5th
YARN Club
Idyllwild Library
10:00 am – 12:00 noon

Whether beginner or experienced, come join this friendly group of knitters & crocheters. Bring your projects, share ideas, share friendship. First and third Thursday of every month.

Thursday/Friday/Saturday
March 5th – 6th – 7th
Film Festival
Rustic Theater
Films start at 10 am on

New Day & Time
Thursday March 5th
ZUMBA Class
Town Hall
25925 Cedar St.
3:30 pm

Thursday March 5th
“Asking For It”
Live Reading
Idyllwild Arts
Krone Library
7:30 pm

Please join Idyllwild Artist Emma Phillips for a live reading of her project “Asking For It,” a collection of original creative writing pieces about violence against women.

Friday/Saturday/Sunday
March 6th – 7th – 8th
Spring Play
Idyllwild Arts
“Marvin’s Room”
Bowman Theater
Fri: 7:30 pm
Sat: 7:30 pm
Sun: 2:00 pm

IAA’s Dramatic Arts Department presents their spring play, the dramatic comedy “Marvin’s Room” written by Scott McPherson. This heartbreaking and life-affirming off-Broadway hit, later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film, is the hilarious and wondrous portrait of a terminally ill woman’s commitment to loving others, from her dying father to her estranged sister and troubled nephew.

Friday/Saturday
March 6th – 7th
Film Festival
Rustic Theater
Films start at 10 am on

Saturday Night
(Or Sunday Morning)
Day Light Savings
Turn your Clocks ahead 1- hour
when you go to bed tonight!

Sunday March 8th
International Women’s Day Sound Bath
Mountain Alchemy
54385 N. Circle Dr. #106
Beginning at 10:00 am
Every hour on the hour
FREE

Beginning at 10am, on the hour every hour, we’ll be offering 15-minute sound bath meditations to honor the strength, intuition, and radiant energy of women everywhere.

Sunday March 8th
Free Pottery Demonstration
Mountain Pottery
54240 Pine Crest Ave.
1:00 pm
FREE

Dr. T will be demonstrating how he throws this beautiful and functional bean pot. Look closely…the lid can be placed upside down to become a spoon rest! Everyone welcome!

Tuesday March 10th
“The Art of Crafting a Twisty Whodunit”
with Author Bonnie Hardy
Idyllwild Library
5:00 pm
FREE

Bonnie will be discussing “The Art of Crafting a Twisty Whodunit” as well as her new book, “Class Dismissed”, voted Best New Fiction by Pacific Book Review 2025.

Tuesday March 10th
Line Dancing
Upstairs at The Peak Restaurant
Tahquitz Pines
55251 South Circle
6:00 – 8:00 pm

Wednesday, March 11th
Storytime ” St. Patrick’s Day” 
Idyllwild Library
11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Get ready to sham-rock and roll at a storytime so good, you’ll feel like you’ve struck reading gold!

Wednesday March 11th
Men’s Book Club
“The Splendid and The Vile”
By Erik Larson
Idyllwild Library
6:00 pm

A gripping, intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill’s first year as Prime Minister, detailing how his leadership and the resilience of his inner circle held Britain together during the relentless terror of the German Blitz.

ICF Grant Window Open!
Accepting Grant Proposals
Now – April 13th
Any local 501c3 eligible
Questions? Email us at Idycommfund@gmail.com

Idyllwild Scholarship Fund
Application Window Open Now!
Apply now thru April 15th
Scan the QR Code to apply

If you didn’t get a chance to donate to the Idyllwild Scholarship fund for local seniors, there’s still time….
Click on the link below.

Youth Baseball Registration
Now Open

Saturday and Sunday
March 14th & 15th
The Magic of the Living Breath
Spirit Mountain Retreat
Saturday 9 am – 4 pm
$75

Sunday: one-on-one sessions
Pay as you can

Saturday March 14th
Cocoon Soundbath
With Lili
26875 Live Oak Ln. (The Yurt)
6:00 – 7:00 pm

Saturday March 14th
St. Patrick’s Dinner
American Legion
54360 Marian View Dr.
Dinner 5 – 7
Irish Music 6 – 9
Everyone Welcome!

Sunday March 15th
Embodying the Goddess Within
With Lili
Present & Positive (The Yurt)
26875 Live Oak Ln.
10 am – 12 noon

Monday March 16th
“The Tender Return”
Idy Hot Yoga
54960 Pine Crest Ave. #3
5:30 – 7:30 pm
$40
Call to Register:
949-606-6045

Saturday March 21st
Yoga & Mindfulness Workshop
With Kate Sirkin & Valerie Velez
53810 Pinecrest
Please RSVP:
katesirkin@gmail.com
kyoshinvelez@gmail.com

Sunday March 22nd
Spring Equinox Celebration
St. Hugh’s Church
Presented by Spirit Mountain
25525 Tahquitz Dr.
4:00 pm

Body & Soul

Click Here for a list of Yoga, Pilates, Aerobics, Meditation & Hypnosis in Idyllwild.

Delivery in Idyllwild

Bear Necessities Delivered
Groceries/Restaurant Food/Mail/Pharmacy/Etc.
Call or Text: (951) 512-0800
Available 7 Days a Week
Everyday: 11 am – 8 pm
Deliver to Idyllwild, Pine Cove & Mountain Center.

The New Bathrooms are OPEN!
Next door to the Idyllwild Gardens Nursery – Across the street from the Rustic Theatre.
Open Daily 9am – 5pm

Thank you to Shane & Ashley Stewart for donating the land for these bathrooms and to Stephanie Yost with ICC for her persistence with the County of Riverside to FINALLY get us public bathrooms. Thank you to the County of Riverside and Supervisor Manuel Perez for making this happen. It’s been a LONG time coming! Bathrooms will be locked at night.

Hotel Information
Upcoming Weekends
www.IdyLodging.com

All events, venues & programs run by
Idyllwild Community Center

Idyllwild TOWN HALL
25925 Cedar St

Chair Exercise Class
FREE
Town Hall

Monday 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Wednesday 11:30 am – 12:30pm
Friday 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Friday
Yoga for Seniors
Town Hall
10:45 am – 11:45 am

Fit after 50
Free Exercise Class
Town Hall
Tuesday 10:00am – 11:00am
Wednesday 10:00am – 11:00am
Thursday 10:00am – 11:00am

Mondays
Tai Chi Class
Free!
Town Hall
10:30 am – 11:30 am

Every Other Thursday
Starts Jan. 22
Town Hall
25925 Cedar Street
5:30 – 6:30

Every 3rd Thursday
Chess League
Community Center
54201 Ridgeview Dr.

FEEDING AMERICA
First Tuesday of each month.

The Visitor Center is now open between the public bathrooms and Idyllwild Gardens on Saturdays & Sundays from 11am – 4 pm.

If you would like to volunteer to talk to visitors, help them find their way and point them in the direction of “A Good Time” please contact me at hello@GoodMorningIdyllwild.com.